Configurational factors in the perception of faces and non-facial objects: An ERP study

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 955-966

  Ishizu, Tomohiro ^a   Ayabe, Tomoaki ^b   Kojima, Shozo ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Configuration; Event related potentials (ERPs); Face stimuli; N170; P300

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIES; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 45849130554     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450701769398     Document Type: Article

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